Ancient Egypt

The Gift of the Nile The Nile River- the world’s

longest river over 4,000 miles long.

Lower Egypt The Nile Delta

Upper Egypt

“Miracle of The Nile” Yearly Flooding

The Nile River flowed north and the winds blew south. Southbound boats hoisted a wide sail.

Natural BarriersDesertsRed SeaMediterranean Seacataracts

Polytheism

King Menes 3100 BC King Menes united Upper and Lower

Egypt

Old KingdomPharaohs- Egyptian monarchs who ruled a TheocracyTheocracy: government based on divine ruleDynasty: series of rulers from the same family

Pyramids Tombs for the mummified bodies of the pharaohs

Hieroglyphics Egyptian form of writing

Middle KingdomNew farmland createdNubians were conqueredPharaohs cared for the people

Hyksos Invasion 1652 BC- The Hyksos conquered Egypt

using bronze weapons and horse drawn chariots

New kingdomThe New Kingdom 1567- 1085 BCEgyptian EmpireAkhenaton introduced the worship of Aton as the sole god

Hatshepsut: The First True Female? Pharaoh

After the death of her father, Hatshepsut became queen to her half-brother. After he died, power passed to her stepson, Tuthmosis III, while he was still a small boy.

Hatshepsut became co-regent but surprised everyone by grabbing sole power for herself and declaring herself Pharaoh - just the third woman to be pharaoh in 3,000 years.

At first, Hatshepsut's move was very unpopular. To persuade her people, Hatshepsut stressed her royal ancestry and claimed that her father had publicly appointed her as his successor

Over time she won over everyone but her stepson, who so resented having to wait to be Pharaoh he ordered that her name and image be removed from every part of Egypt.

The End:

The Sea Peoples